Contributors

Preface

Part I Seed Dormancy Systems and Concepts

1 Natural History of Seed Dormancy

A. CARL LEOPOLD

2 Is Failure of Seeds to Germinate during Development a Dormancy-related Phenomenon?

J. DEREK BEWLEY

BRUCE DOWNIE

3 Control and Manipulation of Seed Dormancy

ANWAR A. KHAN

4 A Physiological Comparison of Seed and Bud Dormancy

FRANK G. DENNIS, JR

Part II Bud Dormancy Systems And Concepts

5 Dormancy and Symplasmic Networking at the Shoot Apical Meristem

CHRIS VAN DER SCHOOT

6 A New Conceptual Approach to Bud Dormancy in Woody Plants

JACQUES CRABBE

PAUL BARNOLA

7 Development of Dormancy in Tissue-Cultured Lily Bulblets and Apple Shoots

GEERT-JAN M. DE KLERK

MEREL M. GERRITS

8 Dormancy in Tuberous Organs: Problems and Perspectives

JEFFREY C. SUTTLE

Part III Physiology/Temperature, Light, Stress

9 A Physiological Comparison of Vernalization and Dormancy Chilling Requirement

James D. METZGER

10 Dormancy Breakage by Chilling: Phytochrome, Calcium and Calmodulin

James D. Ross

11 Conifer Bud Dormancy and Stress Resistance: A Forestry Perspective

FRANCINE J. BIGRAS

12 Early Development of Bud Dormancy in Conifer Seedlings

JOANNE E. MACDONALD

13 Near-Lethal Stress and Bud Dormancy in Woody Plants

MICHAEL WISNIEWSKI

LESLIE H. FUCHIGAMI

JORG J. SAUTER

ABBAS SHIRAZI

LIPING ZHEN

Part IV Biochemistry

14 Structural Requirements of the ABA Molecule for Maintenance of Dormancy in Excised Wheat Embryos

SUZANNE R. ABRAMS

PATRICIA A. ROSE

M.K. WALKER-SIMMONS

15 Changes in Hormone Sensitivity in Relation to Onset and Breaking of Sunflower Embryo Dormancy

MARIE-THERESE LE PAGE-DEGIVRY

JACQUELINE BIANCO

PHILIPPE BARTHE

GINETTE GARELLO

16 Processes at the Plasma Membrane and Plasmalemma ATPase during Dormancy

GILLES PETEL

MICHEL GENDRAUD

17 Carbohydrate Metabolism as a Physiological Regulator of Seed Dormancy

MICHAEL E. FOLEY

18 Chemical Mechanisms of Breaking Seed Dormancy

MARC ALAN COHN

Part V Molecular Biology

19 Molecular Analysis of Turion Formation in Spirodela polyrrbiza: a Model System for Dormant Bud Induction

CHERYL C. SMART

20 Characterization of Genes Expressed When Dormant Seeds of Cereals and Wild Grasses are Hydrated and Remain Growth-Arrested

M.K. WALKER-SIMMONS

PETER J. GOLDMARK

21 Analysis of cDNA Clones for Differentially Expressed Genes in Dormant and Non-Dormant Wild Oat (Avenafatua L.) Embryos

RUSSELL R. JOHNSON

HARWOOD J. CRANSTON

MARTHA E. CHAVERRA

WILLIAM E. DYER

22 Photoperiod-Associated Gene Expression during Dormancy in Woody Perennials

GARY D. COLEMAN

TONY H.H. CHEN

Part VI Dormancy Modelling

23 Population-Based Models Describing Seed Dormancy Behaviour: Implications for Experimental Design and Interpretation

KENT J. BARDFORD

24 An Integrating Model for Seed Dormancy Cycling: Characterization of Reversible Sensitivity

HENK W.M. HILHORST

MARIA P.M. DERKX

CEES M. KARSSEN

25 Modelling Climatic Regulation of Bud Dormancy

SCHUYLER D. SEELEY

Index